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Exodus 23:10-12

10For sixוְשֵׁ֥שׁve.SheshH8337yearsשָׁנִ֖יםsha.NimH8141you are to sowתִּזְרַ֣עtiz.Ra'H2232אֶת־'et-H853your landאַרְצֶ֑ךָ'ar.Tze.khaH776and gatherוְאָסַפְתָּ֖ve.'a.saf.TaH622אֶת־'et-H853its produceתְּבוּאָתָֽהּ׃te.vu.'a.TahH8393,

11but in the seventhוְהַשְּׁבִיעִ֞תve.ha.she.vi.'ItH7637yearyou must let it restתִּשְׁמְטֶ֣נָּהtish.me.Te.nahH8058and lie fallowוּנְטַשְׁתָּ֗הּu.ne.tash.TahH5203,so that the poorאֶבְיֹנֵ֣י'ev.yo.NeiH34among your peopleעַמֶּ֔ךָ'a.Me.khaH5971may eatוְאָֽכְלוּ֙ve.'a.khe.LuH398from the fieldהַשָּׂדֶ֑הha.sa.DehH7704and the wild animalsחַיַּ֣תchai.YatH2416may consumeתֹּאכַ֖לto.KhalH398what they leaveוְיִתְרָ֕םve.yit.RamH3499.Doתַּעֲשֶׂ֥הta.'a.SehH6213the sameכֵּֽן־ken-H3651with your vineyardלְכַרְמְךָ֖le.khar.me.KhaH3754and olive groveלְזֵיתֶֽךָ׃le.zei.Te.khaH2132.

12For sixשֵׁ֤שֶׁתShe.shetH8337daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117you are to doתַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.SehH6213your workמַעֲשֶׂ֔יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639,but on the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֖יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּ֥וֹםu.vai.YomH3117you must ceaseתִּשְׁבֹּ֑תtish.BotH7673,so thatלְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anH4616your oxשֽׁוֹרְךָ֙shor.KhaH7794and your donkeyוַחֲמֹרֶ֔ךָva.cha.mo.Re.khaH2543may restיָנ֗וּחַya.Nu.achH5117and the sonבֶּן־ben-H1121of your maidservantאֲמָתְךָ֖'a.ma.te.KhaH519may be refreshedוְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁve.yi.na.FeshH5314,as well as the foreign residentוְהַגֵּֽר׃ve.ha.GerH1616.

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